Mexicanos by Manuel Gonzales
Tells the story of Mexicans in the United States. This book traces the Mexicanos story from before the arrival of the Spanish, through the years of the expanding Spanish frontier, to the creation of the Mexican republic and its relations with the United States - the 'Colossus of the North' - along a contentious border.
"Exhaustive and destined for controversy, this survey of the historical literature about Mexicans in what has become the United States is also a critique of the Chicano studies field.. In the end, Gonzales brings a bracing perspective to this epic story." --Publishers Weekly "A thoughtful, thorough survey of events in the history of Mexican-Americans, Chicanos, Mexicanos, Hispanos, and Latinos." --Kirkus Reviews " ... Gonzales's overview [takes] advantage of significant new scholarship on a variety of subjects over the past two decades; he incorporates that material gracefully in his narrative of more than two centuries of Mexican American history." --Booklist "A very high quality synthesis of the historiography and the best recent historical scholarship on ethnic Mexicans in the United States. Written in a lively, opinionated, and yet balanced manner, the book should find a ready market for classroom use. Indeed, given its balanced tone and up-to-date review of relevant literature, the book should compete successfully with classics in the field such as Cary McWilliams's updated North from Mexico; Meier and Rivera's The Chicanos: History of a People; and Rodolfo Acuna's polemical Occupied America... Gonzales is particularly deft in his handling of complex questions in the early history of Hispanics in what is now the United States. The sections on the evolution and significance of mestizaje, the development of religious thought and practice, and the vagaries of collective identity formation are all skillfully done. The author is also especially good in weaving relevant historical developments in Mexico throughout the analysis. This, in particular, should set this book apart from others in the field, and adds a much needed transnational dimension to Mexican American history... [A] readable, engaging, and lively synthesis." - David G. Gutierrez, University of California, San Diego "Gonzales brings a bracing perspective to this epic story...Exhaustive and destined for controversy..."-Publishers Weekly "The best short introduction yet to the history of Mexicans in the U.S."-Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Manuel Gonzales is the winner of the American Library Assocation's Alex Award, and the author of the acclaimed story collection The Miniature Wife, winner of the American Academy of Arts and Letters Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction and the John Gardner Fiction Book Award. A graduate of the Columbia University Creative Writing Program, he teaches writing at the University of Kentucky and the Institute of American Indian Arts. He has published fiction and nonfiction in Open City, Fence, One Story, Esquire, McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, and The Believer. Gonzales lives in Kentucky with his wife and two children.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780253214003 |
| ISBN 10 | 0253214009 |
| Title | Mexicanos |
| Author | Manuel Gonzales |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press |
| Year published | 2000-06-01 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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